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Was Mirwaiz inside mosque when cop was lynched? Separatist says, no!
June 23, 2017
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that he
was deeply disturbed by the brutal act in which Deputy Superintendent of
Police (DSP) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) Mohammed Ayub
Pandith was lynched to death by a mob, adding he was not present inside
the mosque at the time of the incident.
"The media is reporting
falsely that when the incident happened, I was present inside the
mosque. I reached the mosque at 12.15 a.m., while the incident had
happened before that," he said in a press release.
"The incident
that happened in Nowhatta outside the Jamia Masjid is the most
unfortunate. I am deeply disturbed by this brutal act. Mob violence and
public lynching is outside the parameters of our values and religion,"
he said.
Mirwaiz also stated that what the state of Jammu and
Kashmir has wreaked on them was largely responsible for this kind of
brutalisation.
"Mirwaiz said that the violence that the state has
wreaked on us is largely responsible for this kind of brutalisation, as
the police are being used against the people in the most brutal ways
which leads to brutal reactions," he said.
He repeatedly said
that they had been asking the Indian state to address the Kashmir
dispute and initiate steps to resolve it, so that the bloodshed of
Kashmiris and those killed at the LoC is stopped, but to no avail.
Last night, Pandith was lynched to death by a violent mob in downtown Srinagar.
The
deceased DSP was on surveillance and was allegedly clicking pictures of
people emerging from the Jamia Masjid, when a mob attacked him.
After
the situation got out of control, the cop in his own defence opened
fire, through his service pistol on the mob, in which three people got
injured.
The angry mob then proceeded to attack him and ended up taking his life.
The police have recovered the body of the deceased and are investigating the matter.
Meanwhile,
the Jammu and Kashmir Police said two people have been arrested and a
third person has been identified in connection with the lynching.
Image: Grieving relatives of DSP Mohammed Ayub
Pandith who was lynched outside a mosque while on duty. Pic: Umar Ganie
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